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ISBN
9780714122465
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Book Title
Life and Letters on the Roman Frontie
Author
Alan K Bowman
Publisher
British Museum Press
Topic
Literature, Literary Theory, History
Item Weight
300 g
Number of Pages
192 Pages

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Clodius Super to his Cerialis, greetings. I ask that you send the things which I need for the use of my boys...which you well know I cannot properly get hold of here... So writes a Roman soldier stationed on the wild northern frontier of England around AD 100. In 1973, the first discoveries were made of the now famous wooden tablets - 300 letters and documents that had survived 2000 years - at the fort of Vindolanda. Painstakingly deciphered by Alan Bowman and David Thomas they have contributed a wealth of evidence for daily life in the Roman Empire. From the military documents we learn of the strength and activities of the units stationed at Vindolanda. The accounts testify to the lifestyle of officers and ordinary soldiers, with payments for pepper and oil, towels and tallow, boots and beer. Then there are snapshots of domestic life in letters between the officer's wives, including a birthday invitation. Most fascinating of all is the evidence for a high degree of literacy in the Roman army, when even a common soldier receives a letter from home promising him a parcel of socks. In this revised, expanded and updated edition, Alan Bowman's lively summary of this evidence is followed by the text of 50 key tablets, in Latin and in translation, bringing the reader very close to the actual people who inhabited Vindolanda in AD 100.

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British Museum Press
ISBN-13
9780714122465
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Book Title
Life and Letters on the Roman Frontie
Author
Alan K Bowman
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Literature, Literary Theory, History
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
192 Pages

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300 g

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Alan K Bowman
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United Kingdom

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